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Hi,
Go to the download section, under FMDrive you will find a link to the MIDI 2 VGM conversion pack (Convert your FMDrive or/and SPSG track to a .VGM format. (Win Only), info and how to included.

https://www.alyjameslab.com/download.html

I have been quite busy last year doing a lot of non chip related development to expand my VST range, all of these turned out quite well;
still I have kept some interest into the FM chips, testing and refining an FMDrive MIDI to VGM converter with Valley Bell from VGMRip, which is ready by now and also preparing a future OSX port (for now I am finishing VLINN LM-1 Drums VST which is now crossplatform and will be released around late February ) FMDrive is more of a niche market so it will be cross-platform but later as time/investment permits.
I am also looking into Sega Saturn Monstrous FM chip territory...

I have been saddened by the whole GenMDM shipping fiasco, especially because I have been promoting LittleScale work a lot with FMDrive VST being compatible with it...and in the end, no one can find an interface, Seb kept it closed source and did not addressed remaining bugs or code errors. I have more than 1000+ FMdrive users around the world, I am sure these would have be at least 500+ GenMDM sold...

Now to the point;
Regarding the YM Hardware interface, I lost communication with foobat some time ago and didn't find the time to refine the teensy code myself yet.
But:
The hardware is fully working, supporting YM2612 or YM3438 (sounds better while being 99% compatible), the code needs to be redone because for now it only supports polyphonic assignment and do not support MIDI CC to Registers fully. The goal was to add an FMDrive VST mapping but via an external .cpp file which could be customized to any CC map to suit any control interface (being FMDrive VST or anything else)

I will try to contact again foobat about this but the good news is that IT IS OPEN SOURCE so yeah everything might benefit from the community input.
Most of the hard stuffs are already taken care of into the current firmware, so it is a matter of improving, not starting from scratch
I have the latest firmware so if anyone with appropriate knowledge might want to give it a go, I am available as time permits and will help when I got a chance.
The aim was to have an open source interface that people can built themselves or have them built by someone else.
Dual chip configuration permits any combination from 12 Voices =  YM2612 * 2 or 12 Voices = YM2612 + YM3438 or fully 2* YM3438
Imagination is the limit, like redesigning the board to make it smaller with only one chip or replace the second one by an SN76489 PSG for a full Genesis board...   
Still being hyper busy but I have a bunch of infos + latest .cpp beta firmware for anyone being interested into pushing the development further and faster.
Drop me a mail (you can find it at my website www.alyjameslab.com)

Yeah the major point is that the tuning of EPROMS data that are decoded in real-time by the emulated AM6070 DACs maintains these extra harmonics content at EVERY PITCH which is not the case with samples played on a modern system or DAW...

While I totally understand the situation here; I don't think that bashing at me with a "fucking plugin" flag will help in any way
I perfectly understands the hardware nerds point of view even if it doesn't make much sense in case of FM synthesis or PSG because it is a full digital process in the first place, whether it is happening in a custom chip + Z80, 68K processor or inside a PC.
The limitations, which are an important part of the creative process, are known and you can perfectly stick to that if you want to...
I have spend a lot of time on this an so far many users around the world are happy with it included well known original FM systems composers.
My intervention in this thread were mainly focused on using the plugins as visual controllers for the GenMDM, which is cool, however the support is kind of freezed by the actual situation for a long time as many things have to be corrected on the hardware Firmware side.

Seb is a wonderful person and if you follow his work he is constantly creating new things and seems to find motivation out of new territories.. that is why after almost 2 years without any public news about GenMDM I think he has moved on since the initial development and do not feel quiet like willing to work too much on this anymore... As a result, updates will b very sporadic. At least that is how I feel about this.
I can be wrong on the reasons but the "no infos about the sate of orders" politics is out of my understanding.

The thing which is uncool is that it reflect a bad aura on the ChipMusic.org Sega Forum... There is a lots of positive things going on in this territory, You already have Trackers like Deflemask or VGMM, plugins like FMDrive & SPSG, MML compilers etc... which all can outputs VGM for real hardware playing if needed but more importantly lets you create MUSIC which is I think the aim of all this.
I have provided ROMS to play with, converters for many chips, pushed the limits on the PSG techniques etc...to feel kind of disappointed by the "fucking plugin" stuff. Even if people are exasperated from this undelivered situation.

I suggest for all the undelivered persons to make a thread especially for that and point Little Scale to it as a clear reference, leaving the original thread about the concept free of that bad aura.

On a last note I now feel like spoiling about something, as GenMDM is a wonderful concept, it is not open source so I cannot tweak anything myself nor anybody else and needs an actual console to work...
So I am working with somebody on an open hardware dual YM2612/YM3438 module 100% compatible with FMDrive, so far the module is already made and working... We will work on the software side for some time until it will be OK, then choose a way to spread that things around. So the open hardware concept will basically provide any platform a way to control the FM chips.
I won't talk about this anymore now, don't ask questions, but keep in minds it will come...
I hope this situation will be solved at some point so as people can make positive Genesis things again.

I plan to make a VST to control the FB01 >> OPMX VST, I talked about it a bit in Feb on Twitter https://twitter.com/alyjamestwitt/statu … 0231986176
I have a rough working sketch for now, the main thing is to convert incoming CC# to correct Sysx.
I am currently pretty busy with my Linndrum VST and also working on an open source YM2612 / YM3438 Hardware module compatible with my FMDrive & SPSG VST....( YM2612 & SN76489 PSG)
So I cannot give a precise date for this, but this will come

+1

(updated) It should displays almost fine now of every hardware model
yep, it only gives you the ability to test some preset on channel 1.
If you want to save, you will indeed need to load it in an emulator with FM voice dumping ability, most of them got that